Asa Hutchinson

HARRISBURG — The Obama administration is giving conditional approval to Pennsylvania and two other states to run state-based insurance marketplaces created under the 2010 health care law.

Monday's approvals — which also included Delaware and Arkansas — precede a U.S. Supreme Court decision that could wipe out federal health insurance subsidies for millions.

Letters to Pennsylvania Gov. Tom Wolf and Delaware Gov. Jack Markell, both Democrats, and Arkansas' Republican Gov. Asa Hutchinson say the approval reflects the expectation that the states' roles in the marketplaces will start to take effect in the 2016 policy year.

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